Introduction to 'The Knight's Tale'

English

Five pairs of syllables in a line of poetry is known as ...

When a line of iambic pentameter rhymes with the next line of iambic pentameter, it is known as ...

He boasts of how good a storyteller he is.

He loses a competition to see who goes first

The Knight tells his tale first because ...

Roman Gods, Greek Gods and mythical creatures

The chivalric code prizes which three things above all else?

He refused to return the mourning women's husband's bodies after the battle

He would not fight Theseus in open battle

King Creon was not following the Chivalric code because ...

He immediately does as the mourning women ask, and fights Creon in open battle

He marries Hippolyta after capturing her in battle

He prizes victory in battle above all else

Duke Theseus behaves in a chivalric way when because ...

A frame narrative is a long story with one clear narrator

A frame narrative is a story that contains one or more shorter stories within it

A frame narrative is a story told by a narrator who is not a character in the story

An example of a frame narrative is 'Beowulf'

An example of a frame narrative is 'The Canterbury Tales'

An example of a frame narrative is 'The Knight's Tale'

Iambic pentameter is a line of poetry with 12 syllables

Iambic pentameter is a line of poetry with 5 pairs of syllables.

Iambic pentameter is when all of the words in a line rhyme

We see iambic pentameter being used in ' The Odyssey'

We see iambic pentameter being used in 'Harry Potter'

We see iambic pentameter being used in 'The Canterbury Tales'.

Where might we see iambic pentameter being used?

Heroic couplets are when pairs of lines written in iambic pentameter rhyme

Heroic couplets are when rhyming lines use words about heroes and bravery.